A/N: So my friend is over but I still decided to update but it's going to be short – just a little something to hold you all over until tomorrow afternoon when I get home from school.

Chapter 33: I Feel Threatened

Derek and Meredith each drove separate cars on their way back to Derek's penthouse. They would have driven together but Meredith had to go to school in the morning and Derek had to be at the hospital first thing. They both got there at the same time and went up the elevator together. The ride was completely silent and a little bit awkward.

They finally got up to Derek's floor and he unlocked to door to the apartment. Meredith walked in, pushing past Derek and immediate plopped herself onto the big leather couch. She grabbed the remote and turned the TV on to continue the soap opera that she was watching before Derek had come to her house.

"Meredith, don't you think we should talk?" Derek said, sitting down on the other end of the couch.

"I think you should be quiet and let me watch my show."

"Don't be rude to me. I came over, gave you flowers and apologized and you sit here and just completely ignore me?"

"You think that you buying flowers and just saying 'I'm sorry' makes everything all better?"

"No, but I thought it was a start and then you come home and do this."

"Do what? I'm watching television. Can't we just talk in like a half an hour when it's over?"

"I'll be out on the balcony when you're ready to talk Meredith," Derek said, reluctantly.

"Okay Derek," Meredith replied, impatiently.

Derek was annoyed that Meredith had agreed to come to back to the penthouse and then was sitting around like they hadn't agreed to go home and talk. He didn't protest though because he knew that she probably needed a little bit of time to cool off.

About a half hour later, just as Meredith had said, she came out onto the balcony as Derek was reading the newspaper. He put down the paper when he saw her come outside.

"Glad you finally decided to come out."

"Finally?" she said annoyed, "I told it was going to be half an hour and it's been half an hour so don't even…"

Derek cut her off before she could finish her sentence, "Whoa. I didn't mean it like it. I just meant that I'm glad you decided to come out here and talk because I think we really need to have a discussion."

"Yea, we do," she said, sitting down in the chair across from Derek.

"So, will you let me talk and not interrupt?"

Meredith nodded her head.

"Okay. First of all, I am sorrier that you can even imagine about what I said to you today at the hospital. It just came out and I wish that I could take it back but I can't. The thing that upsets me is that you think that I was cheating on you and flirting with another woman. I thought you trusted me more than that to think something like that."

"It's not that I don't trust you Derek."

"Then what is it? Because it seemed that way to me."

"Not only are you an extremely sexy and successful neurosurgeon but you're also caring and kind and I'm absolutely sure that there are going to be other women who are attracted to you and I'm threatened by that. It's not that I don't trust you, it's that I don't trust the other women. When I see that, I get defensive and that's what I was so pissed off. Can you understand that?"

"I do understand that. But, there is no need for you to feel threatened. I love you. You're the one that I want to be with. Nobody else."

Meredith smiled, "I love you too Derek. And I'm sorry for making such a big deal out of nothing."

A/N: More tomorrow after school. Do you guys think I should keep updating as often as I have been or if I should do it every few days so that you guys are more into it and like waiting for it? Let me know and as always…REVIEW!